Here's What It Looks Like When You're Entered Into A Department Of Homeland Security Data Fusion Center

Starting in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set
up a vast network of what it calls "local data fusion centers,"
77 in total (or maybe 68, the DHS isn't even sure) — in the hopes
of producing solid intelligence on potential terrorists, who
would presumably operate from within the country (ie 'home-grown
terrorists).

So, the DHS is using tax dollars to log the personal information
of U.S. citizens in order to create a vast spreadsheat. Complex
'potential terrorist' algorithms would then scan these
spreadsheets and red flag anyone who might be a potential threat.

It's easy to see why in September of this year, after a
congressional investigation, Sens.
Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) issued a
report about these fusion centers basically saying that they're a
total waste of money (somewhere between $289 million
and $1.4 billion).

Some of the waste includes:

• dozens of flat-screen TVs;
• Sport Utility Vehicles that were then given away to other local
agencies; and
• hidden “shirt button” cameras, cell phone tracking devices, and
other surveillance
equipment unrelated to the actual mission of a fusion
center.